Many of us breathe a little easier on Wednesday nights. The work week (and school week) is 60% over, and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. In other parts of the world, Wednesday is like Friday for us.
Lotto Texas and Powerball had reason to celebrate March 9, 2022. As they jumped into Wednesday night, they each came out the other side with an Australia Play! Additionally, the jackpots received an extra kick. Lotto Texas’s jackpot grew to a respectable $5.5 million, and Powerball’s climbed to $112 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The 271st Australia Play was made possible by 7, 8, 29, 30, 48 and 52.
Barely a month later and another Australia Play hops out! Source: lotterytrend.com.
There have now been 1978 Lotto Texas drawings, and both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 222 Specific Order have played 13.7% of the time. February 12, 2022 was the last time an Australia Play was featured in Lotto Texas.
Four-Number Combinations
This Australia Play was accompanied by a trio of repeating Four-Number Combinations:
Providing an extra kick to Wednesday night. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Powerball’s Australia Play was brought about by 13, 22, 34, 51, 67 and PB 10. The {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and 111111 Specific Order have now played 43 times.
The Australia Play wasn’t gone for long! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
An Australia Play has occurred in 6.14% of the 700 Powerball drawings and was last seen March 5, 2022.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combination 13, 51 and PB 10 debuted August 14, 2019.
One repeating Three-Number Combination stands. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
Is an Australia Play encore on tap for either Lotto Texas or Powerball Saturday night?
As the countdown to Super Bowl LVI (56 for those unacquainted with Roman numerals) continued, another game took place Saturday night. Lotto Texas and Powerball changed up their game plans once again, resulting in yet another personality swap! Lotto Texas returned to its ever-graceful self, and with that came a jackpot that rose to $9.5 million. Meanwhile, Powerball’s devil-may-care attitude with repeating Three-Number Combinations pushed the jackpot to $183 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
It was Lotto Texas’s turn to embrace the Australia Play February 12, 2022. With 10, 17, 23, 34, 45 and 46, the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 222 Specific Order made their 270th appearance.
Like a boomerang, the Australia Play returns to Lotto Texas. Source: lotterytrend.com.
An Australia Play has been featured in 13.7% of the 1967 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen January 29, 2022.
To think that Powerball was the one with an Australia Play last time!
Four-Number Combinations
There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations Saturday night.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
For Powerball, February 12th meant the 272nd appearance of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern with 8, 10, 21, 41, 62 and PB 7.
This Pattern has now played in 39.5% of the 689 Powerball drawings and was last seen February 5, 2022.
The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 71 appearances, has played in 26.1% of the 272 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 689 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.3% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order played January 26, 2022.
Now with 19 appearances, the 211011 Specific Order has played in 26.8% of the 71 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.99% of the 272 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.76% of all 689 drawings. The 211011 Specific Order was last seen December 20, 2021.
Three-Number Combinations
As it was Lotto Texas who saw the volley of repeating Combinations (those were Four-Number Combinations, but still), Powerball charged through Saturday night with five repeating Three-Number Combinations!
Not that long ago, we witnessed an uncommon phenomenon: two Australia Plays on the same night. Would you believe that on January 29, 2022 that it happened again?! This double Australia Play had the jackpots for both Lotto Texas and Powerball leaping to greater heights. The Lotto Texas jackpot jumped to $8 million, and Powerball’s bounded to $113 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With 4, 18, 19, 35, 45 and 52, an Australia Play made its 269th appearance.
This Australia Play wasn’t gone for long! Source: lotterytrend.com.
Both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 222 Specific Order have played in 13.7% of the 1961 Lotto Texas drawings. An Australia Play was last seen in Lotto Texas January 17, 2022.
Four-Number Combination(s)
A couple of repeating Four-Number Combinations were spotted on the horizon:
4, 19, 35, 52 (Debuted December 1, 2010)
4, 19, 35, 45 (Debuted January 27, 2001)
Will another 21 years pass before these Combinations return? Source: lotterytrend.com.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Powerball’s Australia Play was thanks to 2, 15, 38, 54, 65 and PB 11. That translated to the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and the 111111 Specific Order playing for the 39th time.
Another lottery that couldn’t bear to part with its Australia Play! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
There have now been 683 Powerball drawings, and an Australia Play has been featured 5.71% of the time. Like Lotto Texas, Powerball’s previous Australia Play was in the earlier-mentioned January 17th drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
There was room enough for a couple of repeating Three-Number Combinations:
Greetings, Lotterytrend fans! Romulun Harris here! Last night on January 17th, the Lottery world experienced an event like no other: Two Australia Plays! That’s right, two Australia Plays—one each from Lotto Texas and Powerball. And now the exciting details.
LOTTO TEXAS
Analysis
For the 268th time, an Australia Play occurred in Lotto Texas thanks to winning numbers 3, 11, 22, 26, 39, and 45.
Winning Numbers in Lotto Texas. Source: lotterytrend.com
The {2-2-2} Pattern and 222 Specific Order have each played in 13.7% of all 1956 Lotto Texas drawings and last played on January 12, 2022.
Four-Number Combination(s)
There were no Four-Number Combination repeats.
POWERBALL
Analysis
Just like with Lotto Texas, an Australia Play occurred in Powerball, and for the 38th time, thanks to winning numbers 9, 24, 35, 46, 65, and PB22.
Winning Numbers in Powerball. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com
The The {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and 111111 Specific Order have all played in 5.6% of all 678 Powerball drawings and last occurred on January 15, 2022.
Three-Number Combination(s)
There were no Three-Number Combination repeats.
Now that was exciting. Two Australian Plays at the same time! This is definitely an event that will go down in Lottery history! This is Romulun Harris signing off. Stay safe!
One good thing about January is that the days start to get longer. Thing is, that’s when winter really begins; the Christmas season is usually an appetizer. The snowplows and shovels get a workout, kids (and adults) pray for a snow day, and those in warmer climates hope, sometimes in vain, that they get to try on their winter wardrobe at least once this season. Those who hate the cold would rather hibernate, or at least stay inside where it’s warm. Better yet, they’d travel to the Southern Hemisphere if they could. After all, it is summer down there. Maybe with a little help from Lotto Texas and Powerball, the escape to a warm, far away place will come to pass.
Lotto Texas and Powerball crushed those dreams this past Wednesday night. In fact, Lotto Texas, saw fit to go Down Under alone. That had the effect of keeping the jackpot kicking and hopping up to $6.25 million. Powerball saw to it that its jackpot would be better off rising to a toasty $48 million than exposed to the cold.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Lotto Texas felt January 12, 2022, was a good night for an Australia Play. With winning numbers 7, 12, 19, 33, 39 and 40, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 222 Specific Order made their 267th appearance.
Lotto Texas getting its kicks in. Source: lotterytrend.com.
An Australia Play has been featured in 13.7% of the 1954 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen December 29, 2021.
Similar Spread
Wednesday night’s Australia Play was no mere Australia Play! The numbers had a spread of 05:07:14: 06:01. If we look at the winning numbers of May 18, 2016, 20, 26, 40, 47, 48 and 53, they had a spread that night of 06:14:07:01:05. Remember that even though the differences between numbers were the same on both nights, their orders (and the numbers played) were different.
Four-Number Combination(s)
Of course, Lotto Texas went above and beyond with a trio of repeating Four-Number Combinations:
7, 19, 33, 40 (Debuted March 10, 2001)
12, 19, 33, 40 (Debuted April 10, 2010)
12, 19, 33, 39 (Debuted June 7, 2008)
A trio of repeating Three-Number Combinations hopping along. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Wednesday night also saw the 192nd appearance of Powerball’s {2-2-1-1} Pattern. The winning numbers were 12, 21, 22, 30, 33 and PB 24.
Another warm jackpot! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
There have now been 676 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has now played 28.4% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern played January 8, 2022.
The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 63 appearances, has played in 32.8% of the 192 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 676 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.32% of the time. The [1-2-2-1] General Order was last seen November 20, 2021.
Now with ten appearances, the 122001 Specific Order has played in 15.9% of the 63 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.21% of the 192 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.48% of all 676 drawings. We last saw the 122001 Specific Order August 11, 2021.
Three-Number Combination(s)
Powerball had the urge to roll out a trio of repeating Three-Number Combinations:
Hey, Lotterytrend fans! Romulun Harris here! On December 29th, as the excitement of the new year gained momentum in the Lottery world, Lotto Texas experienced an Australia Play. And what’s even more exciting is Powerball’s jackpot as it goes into the new year: a half-a-billion dollars! And now, the details.
LOTTO TEXAS
Analysis
Lotto Texas’s winning numbers were 1, 17, 22, 26, 39, and 52, resulting—as mentioned earlier—an Australia play playing for the 266th time.
Winning Numbers in Lotto Texas. Source: lotterytrend.com
The {2-2-2} Pattern and 222 Specific Order have both played in 13.66% of all 1948 drawings and last occurred on December 8, 2021.
With 24 appearances, the [3-2-1] General Order has played in 54.55% of the 44 drawings associated with the {3-2-1} Pattern. With all 670 drawings considered, this General Order has played 3.58% of the time. The [3-2-1] General Order last played on September 4, 2021.
The 302001Specific Order, now with its 3rd appearance, has played in 12.5% of the 24 drawings associated with the [3-2-1] General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 6.82% of the 44 drawings associated with the {3-2-1} Pattern and 0.45% of all 670 drawings. The 302001Specific Order last occurred on May 11, 2019.
Whoa! This holiday season’s been filled with Combination repeats, rarely played Patterns, Australia plays, and fallouts. And now, the Lottery world’s about to start the new year with a half-billion-dollar jackpot in Powerball! Will the jackpot be won? This is Romulun Harris signing off and wishing you a Happy New Year’s Eve!
Repetition is key, even if it may not look like it on the surface. Some Patterns repeat more than others and in turn makes them the most likely to gift someone with millions of dollars. However, the nature of these repeats varies. The most common form is the encore. Given enough time, that encore may evolve into a three-peat or even a Pattern streak.
What about other forms of repetition? What happens when lotteries take inspiration from not just the recent past but other lotteries themselves?
Wednesday night looked a lot like this past Saturday for Lotto Texas. Meanwhile, Powerball drew inspiration from a very recent Mega Millions! Once the dust cleared, both lotteries saw larger jackpots. Lotto Texas grew to $12.25 million, and Powerball stood strong at $307 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
December 8, 2021 was a good night for Australia Play lovers. With winning numbers 5, 9, 20, 26, 38 and 40, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 222 Specific Order saw their 265th appearance.
Wasn’t gone for long, that Australia Play! Source: lotterytrend.com.
An Australia Play has been featured in 13.7% of the 1939 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen December 4, 2021.
Four-Number Combinations
Bundled inside this Australia Play were four repeating Four-Number Combinations:
A quartet of repeating Four-Number Combinations. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
December 8th also saw the 260th appearance of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. The winning numbers were 3, 7, 33, 50, 69 and PB 24.
This Pattern felt inspired! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
There have now been 661 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 39.3% of the time. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen December 4, 2021.
The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 66 appearances, has played in 25.4% of the 260 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 661 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.98% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order played November 3, 2021.
Now with 13 appearances, the 201111 Specific Order has played in 19.7% of the 66 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5% of the 260 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.97% of all 661 drawings. The 201111 Specific Order was last seen July 10, 2021.
If you played Mega Millions this past Tuesday, the Pattern, General Order, and Specific Order will look familiar!
Three-Number Combinations
Powerball had a heyday with repeating Three-Number Combinations. In fact, four of them were featured:
No, Mega Millions didn’t show up on Saturday night; that’s not its gig, anyway. The title of today’s post points to some interesting developments that took place in the lottery world. One lottery saw an Australia Play while the other saw its Wednesday night Pattern return. Both of these had the added effect of pushing the jackpots upward once again. Lotto Texas rose to $11.75 million, and Powerball climbed to $280 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The December 4, 2021 Australia Play was made possible by 15, 17, 20, 27, 52 and 53. That means both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 222 Specific Order have played 264 times.
Warming up the night with an Australia Play. Source: lotterytrend.com.
There have now been 1937 Lotto Texas drawings, and an Australia Play has been featured 13.6% of the time. An Australia Play was last seen November 3, 2021.
Four-Number Combinations
Repeating Four-Number Combination 17, 20, 27 and 53 debuted August 19, 2017.
Springing forth from the Australia Play. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
December 4th also saw an encore for the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 10, 40, 45, 56, 67 and PB 2, this Pattern has now played 259 times.
The {2-1-1-1-1] Pattern comes back for more. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has now played in 39.3% of the 659 Powerball drawings and was last seen December 1, 2021.
The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, now with 53 appearances, has played in 20.5% of the 259 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 659 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.04% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order played November 22, 2021.
Now with 14 appearances, the 101211 Specific Order has played in 26.4% of the 53 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.41% of the 259 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.12% of all 659 drawings. The 101211 Specific Order was last seen March 6, 2021.
Three-Number Combinations
Nestled in that Pattern encore were two repeating Three-Number Combinations:
A double helping of repeating Three-Number Combinations! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
Looking at the current state of the jackpots, it looks to be a very Merry Christmas for whoever wins. Will the jackpots rise again Monday night, or will Christmas come early?
Now that we’re solidly in November, Lotto Texas and Powerball took it upon themselves to remind us that they’re full of vigor. November 3, 2021 showed how an Australia Play and a Pattern encore boosted production of repeating Three-Number and Four-Number Combinations. They also had a hand in boosting the Lotto Texas and Powerball jackpots to 8.5 million and $146 million, respectively.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Lotto Texas embraced the Australia Play with winning numbers 1, 6, 22, 36, 40 and 52. This means both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 222 Specific Order have played 263 times.
A swift visit with the Australia Play. Source: lotterytrend.com.
There have now been 1924 Lotto Texas drawings, and an Australia Play has been featured in 13.7% of them. October 13, 2021 was the last time an Australia Play was seen.
Four-Number Combinations
A couple of repeating Four-Number Combinations hopped on board for the ride:
Room for a duo of repeating Four-Number Combinations. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern returned Wednesday night, this time playing 1, 2, 24, 50, 57 and PB 26. This Pattern has now played 251 times.
Back for more {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has now played in 38.9% of the 646 Powerball drawings and was last seen November 1, 2021.
The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 65 appearances, has played in 25.9% of the 251 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 646 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has now played 10.1% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order played October 27, 2021.
Now with 14 appearances, the 210111 Specific Order has played in 21.5% of the 65 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.58% of the 251 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.17% of the 646 drawings. The 210111 Specific Order was last seen September 15, 2021.
Three-Number Combinations
Wednesday night was a kind night to repeating Three-Number Combinations indeed!
Imagine, if you will, that you’re either Lotto Texas or Powerball. It’s the middle of the week and you’re halfway through October. You’ve recently been forced to resetyour jackpot, and you don’t want to be forced to reset so soon. What to do?
Well, if you were Lotto Texas, you staved off ambitious players with an Australia Play. Meanwhile, Powerball packed a punch with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore and repeating Three-Number Combinations galore! These efforts weren’t in vain, for their respective jackpots grew to $6.25 million and $60 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
October 13, 2021 saw the 262nd appearance of the Australia Play, with winning numbers 10, 12, 21, 31, 41 and 44.
Bounding with these six numbers in tow. Source: lotterytrend.com.
There have now been 1915 Lotto Texas drawings, and both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 222 Specific Order have played 13.7% of the time. An Australia Play was last seen August 28, 2021.
Four-Number Combinations
There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations this time around.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore was made possible by 23, 29, 47, 59, 60 and PB 15. This Pattern has now played 247 times.
Another date with the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
This Pattern has now played in 38.8% of the 637 Powerball drawings and was last seen October 11, 2021.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 69 appearances, has played in 27.9% of the 247 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 637 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.8% of the time. The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order was last seen October 6, 2021.
Now with 15 appearances, the 011121 Specific Order has played in 21.7% of the 69 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.07% of the 247 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.35% of all 637 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 011121 Specific Order was last seen August 23, 2021.
Three-Number Combinations
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore was accompanied by a quintet of repeating Three-Number Combinations:
